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In this powerful episode of The Resilient Pastor, Glenn Packiam sits down with Pete Greig, founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement and author of How to Hear God and How to Pray. They explore why God is stirring a global resurgence of prayer, how to build a thriving culture of prayer in the local church, and practical ways to overcome common obstacles like boring prayer meetings, unanswered prayer, and the struggle to hear God’s voice. Packed with wisdom, honesty, and real-world experience, this conversation equips pastors and church leaders to cultivate both personal intimacy with God and corporate prayer that actually works.

Key Takeaways

• Global desperation and desire for God’s presence—not programs—are driving a massive multiplication of prayer movements worldwide.
• Prayer is bigger than church attendance and serves as a bridge for mission in a post-Christian culture.
• Most corporate prayer meetings fail because they are poorly led; excellent prayer leadership requires preparation, emotional engagement, pace, and testimonies of answered prayer.
• Healthy prayer culture holds the tension between bold expectation for miracles and honest lament over unanswered prayer.
• Churches must teach “all kinds of prayers” to match different personalities and seasons rather than offering only one style of prayer.
• Hearing God’s voice is for every believer, not just “spiritual ninjas.” Jesus’ primary mark of discipleship is listening to His voice.
• The Bible remains central to hearing God, but dreams, prophecy, conscience, and community also play important roles.

Highlights

• “The world is a mess… People are longing for more of God’s power and presence. That longing leads us to prayer—not programs, but the presence of God.”
• “Prayer meetings are badly led. We prepare rigorously for worship and preaching but almost nothing for leading corporate prayer.”
• “A great prayer leader always moves on a minute before anyone thinks they should.”
• “Miracles have to be rare. We must be honest about unanswered prayers so people trust us when we share the good stories.”
• “We need to teach people to pray the way God made them—then give them a broad toolkit of prayer for every season of life.”
• “My sheep listen to my voice. Becoming sensitive to the acoustics of God’s voice is the most important thing we can teach our people.”
• “We are in more danger now of people being sub-spiritual than super-spiritual.”

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